Beauty chat - freebies/gifts with purchase/offers THREAD NINETEEN

[OvaHere]

New thread. Welcome oldies and newbies.

I'm expecting this thread to be busy as we head towards both advents and autumn releases.

There's a dedicated advent thread for advent calendars here to keep up to date with reveals, waitlists etc.
www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5549187-beauty-fragrance-advent-calendars-infochat-2026-spoilers?page=32&reply=153745800

It's been out for a while, our friend Mary had it on her stories and I almost bought it. This was before the new season edit. I've had it in my basket since and been waiting for a discount code to work with it. I think LF is the only place I don't have any credit with. I could do with cult beauty or liberty stocking it and then I could get it for free 🤣

Not happy with cult beauty customer services, took my money last week for supposedly next day delivery of 2 items which have just sat unprocessed ever since. Usual fob off replies from customer services. I'm probably not even speaking to a real human.

This constant enshittification of rhe world and the rise of AI bots is beginning to wear a bit thin. I only ordered off CB to use up some points, in the past they have failed to refund points on a cancelled order so I'm stuck rock and hard place. Will give them a few more days but it does put me off ordering from them.

@OvaHere i saw the LF edit a little while back but single brand edits only work for me when i know I like it, and I’ve never tried cdb, although get the impression its a good one?

@OvaHere I love the look of that edit unfortunately 😂
@Doglover73 thete wete liads of great edits last autumn so trying to be good. There’s normally a Liberty GWP end of August too.

It's expensive. I've always been curious about the serum but I could do without finding more serums I love in the £150+ price range.

@JoRaRaRa i think it was you that mentioned also having ance round your jaw/chin area. I have been bothered since feburary and was in boots one day and tried 2 dr jart things as the top of my face is dry I used the yellow ection cream on it and then the green cicapair soothing sleep mask on my lower half of face and neck and really liked both and then when space nk had 20% I bought the cicapair so soothing treatment and I’m scared to jinx myself but honestly I can’t explain how good my red painful spots are that stuff has been great. Wish I’d bought the other 2 things I tried in boots but they were sold out during the 20% and are now available so I’ll maybe get them elsewhere with discount. I can’t believe the difference it’s the first thing that’s made a difference xx

I had a problem last week; my parcel didn't arrive and the delivery photo was not my house (I didn't recognise it.) All the bot would say is "It has been delivered" and I couldn't get any further. Thankfully my neighbour came round with it later. If they hadn't, I would probably be left with no parcel and no refund.

I had this yesterday with a royal mail parcel. Was supposed to be delivered weds, then Thurs, then fri. Came sat lunch. Said in safe place. Pic not of my drive. I dont have one. 🤔🤦‍♀️
Was fuming. Then went to house on end of block and on there driveway. Useless. Had number on the front door. 🤦‍♀️
Thankfully I got it. Pic didnt show the house just the floor and a car wheel.
Dont know where id have stood with that.
Skin rocks parcel. Royal mail

I wasn’t a high-value shopper to CB, I’m sure, but I’m just not prepared to give any company my money and get shitty service in return, I’m at the end of my tether with it.

On the other hand, I think I have one more BD deposit to get the Lib AC entirely paid for. The holy grail! So I am biding my time for that…it won’t sell out before September! And every time I’ve had a problem their cs has sorted it out quickly and easily.

Oh my goodness, some people are so cheeky. I had an email off Amazon “we found something you might like” so I had a nosy and one of the items was Lacura (Aldi) collagen lip oil that I use (which I’ve never looked for on Amazon!), they were being sold for £17.90, yet in Aldi they are £3! I wonder if anyone has actually paid that for one

That'll be why, when I went to buy some on the day of release, it looked as though the whole shelf had just been swept into someone's trolley. A bit like the first day of the Next sale in years gone by, when market stall holders just bought whole racks of clothing.

thats a nice set ….I do rate their stuff but as its advent season my money will be going elsewhere …starting my spreadsheet tonight to see if harrods is a ‘no’ but i sincerely think i’m gonna cave and buy it anyway 🤦🏻‍♀️

That’s bad. I’ve noticed similar in my Aldi but didn’t think about it being just one person buying the lot.
I usually buy 2 at a time because they don’t have them in often, and I have bought from Vinted for a small mark up, but that on Amazon is so excessive.

The Space NK gwp is live on the app, spend is £195 which is a lot with advents around the corner.

Tried Iuniks Beta glucan serum last night and I look like I've done a 16 hour flight with no moisturiser. Red cheeks and a lovely spot to finish off the look.

I wasn’t overly impressed either. I got 2 and have just sold my other on Vinted! Hope your skin calms down soon…

I’ve nearly finished my first bottle of the MZ Skin Bio Placenta and Stem Cell Serum I got in an FtF Easter Mystery Bundle 🫣 I’ve got three more but I am going to be sad when I run out as the RRP is crazy! I think I need to not lather it on so enthusiastically 😅

I haven't heard of this, but the top three ingredients are water and two alcohols..! Think I'd be ditching it.

3 😂I've tried using it at night but wasn't quite working for me so I'm going to use it during day when my medik8 advanced peptides ends.

I'm trying at the mo:
Bader retinol with Zelens B 12 mask
Next night kisocare 20% azelaic with b12 mask
Rest night - bioeffect with Murads retinal cream
Prob won't be able to tolerate in winter.

Because I put a mask on a few days back I decided to double up on my rest night but use the iunik and see if it's a winner for winter :-(

The Danessa CB box is live. Will be skipping this.

It qualifies for a free scarf and free DM mini with the full spend

CBAFF takes it down to £51 but removes the free mini. This code may not stay active for long.

https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/beauty-box/cult-beauty-x-danessa-myricks-beauty-colourfix-stick-duo-9-worth-over-105/17978061/

Oh I’ve been using it day and/ or night but not consistently, mostly in the day or when I’ve been avoiding actives. My routine at the moment is:

Day
Medik8 Press & Glow
Decree Protect Elixir
Laniege Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream
Skin Rocks The Eye Cream
BoJ Relief Sun Rice + Probiotics SPF50

Night
Medik8 Press & Glow
Decree Treat Tincture
Laniege Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Cream or Zelens B12 Overnight Repair Mask
Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6 Eye Cream

I had been using the MZ Skin serum as a day serum before I started the Decree but also as a night serum when taking a break from actives. I can’t use any actives this week so I’m back on it.

The Press & Glow is about to run out though and the other two options I have ‘in stock’ (😅) - Alpha H Liquid Gold and MZ Skin Micro Peeling Glow Essence I think might be too harsh given everything else so might have to stick with the Press & Glow even though I’m a bit bored with it!

I was hoping Cult Beauty was going to release the Hair edits today . I haven’t missed these have I?

Cult beauty still in my bad books for not sending my order. Clearly they've run out of stock or something. Customer services who probably isn't a real human, just sending stock fob off responses. Alan Turing woukd be turning in his grave ( he invented the Turing test, whether a computer can imitate a human beyond detection. Clearly a man ahead of his time. Sure he didn't envisage it being used by cult beauty to fob me off)

@user593 love seeing peoples routines listed like this for ideas as I’m not great at knowing what and when and what order xx

@Twinsandsome I was the same, but I listed a load of my products on AI and it gave me a couple of routines.
I do need to go back at some point as I have so much in my stash but I’m happy with my current combinations.

I had been using vitamin c after other serums (ie after peptides/hyaluronic acid, etc), until I ran it through AI and it told me vitamin c should be first 🙈
That said, I use Medik8 c-tetra and I feel like it’s too heavy to add the other products on top of